hi im a girl . im new to this this forum thing . is anybody interested in thylacines?

Glad you could join us....hope you enjoy your stay!

thanks do u play any vidoe games im looking for new recruits

Thylacines are very interesting. They're not really cryptids, though. They did exist at one time, but were considered to be extinct since the 1930s. In recent years, alleged sightings, and deaths of livestock have lent creedence to their continued existence.

tey are pretty cool i saw a diocumentary on them the people looking for the thylacine found a rabbit that was turned inside out it was on animal planet

No....I am not a gamer......I'm un-recruitable....

thats too bad im looking for more girls to join my clan oh well how old are you

Chatting is kind of frowned upon, just a friendly little heads up.....PMs are more acceptable.
btw...I'm probably old enough to be your mother.

I think they're beautiful. Their faces seem to have so much emotion to them. As for them existing, I don't see why not. I hope that we don't find them if they do exist, though. That would inevitably lead to captive breeding and horrors like that. I wish we could just leave well enough alone sometimes.

They are probably still around. Life is like a horrible infestation, it's hard to destroy.

P.S. Welcome to U.M.

I guess there is no such thing as extinct or endangered species anymore.

yes i am
hey,is true that they are still living somewhere or not????

What sort of gmaing ar you into? RPGs? Console gaming? Online, or face-to-face???
There are gaming geeks all over the place.

Thylacines are very cool, I think they still exist, I saw the footage of the supposed "last one" that died in a zoo, the jaws scare the hell out of me because they can open to almost 180 degrees

I play games, but I'm not a girl and don't clan, sorry

what are Thycines

look at the mouth on that Thylacine

exactly! thats why it scares the hell out of me!

LOL Well, there was probably a reason it was made with a jaw like that. I'm pretty sure if you kicked it in the head and run like hell, it won't hurt ya... It would be neat to see a real one though, they are just too cool looking.

that mouth can crush bones....ugh

Hi and welcome to UM

As you can see from my avatar, I'm quite interested in Thylacines. I'm an aussie and I'm always on the lookout for aussie cryptids, and have been all my life. Now I've decided to 'do something about it'. I am studying environmental science at this very moment, and I have already produced a factsheet on the possibility of Thylacine survival (well, it was an assignment, but I did get a high distinction for it!). I strongly recommend the book 'out of the shadows' to you, and please contact me in PM if you wish to discuss more! I'm NOT saying I'm an expert (far from it!) but I am very interested in using my degree to further cryptid research especially within this country. After all, people may not listen to 'amatuer researchers', but they DO listen if you are a professional. Ergo, I intend on becoming a professional and working with Parks and Wildlife in Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia to see what I can find. I do believe that with the right funding and determination, the Thylacine WILL be 're-discovered' as alive and well.

I would love to see this



Exellent book, and I can say that 'out of the shadows 2' is finalised and should be out in the near future

It's a hsame that these things were wipped out before we understood them. I wonder if we could clone a viable breeding population from the reamins of the last surviving one?

There is a high possibility that they are still alive, as most of Tasmaniais uninhabibitable wilderness. I really doubt they would have turned a rabbit inside out, they were more likely to crush its bones and not leave much left. They would have to be one of he most beautiful marsupials in the Australian bushlands. (Yes, they are marsupials). It is such a shame they were all killed because the farmers were worried they would kill all the sheep. They might have killed a few sheep, but dogs killed most of them.

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Awesome. It's hard to imagine them topping the original though!



Oh, and to the guy who wondered about a 'final breeding programme': They tried, but thylacines did not breed well in captivity (this problem is associated with a lot of other animals as well, especially monotremes and marsupials). They also tried a DNA extraction from a thylacine pup that was in formaldehyde, but formaldehyde destroys DNA and the project failed, alas.

so we just wait for the ones that are already out there to breed enough of a population that they are designatd as "not extincted anymore"

that thing looks like my dog with a giant mouth

it believe its still out There...Can i also see your factsheet Captain?

it believe its still out There...Can i also see your factsheet Captain?

When did these animals supposedly die out?

The last documented one, Benjamin, died in September 7, 1936.

Although, many of us believe that they didn't actually "die out" and are making a strong comeback in Australia as we speak.

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i know a little about Thylacines but they are also called "tasmanian devils" and i know that the last one died in the 30's or around there.
(sorry if someone else posted this but I didn't have time to go through all the mssgs :-P)

actually its Tasmanian Tiger, but yeah, close enough, the devils are little brown garbage disposals that make lou, loud noises

Yeah... sort of. Mind you, the way they walk is the giveaway. They put the ENTIRE back foot down in a planting motion, rather than just walking along on their toes like dogs. It gives them very distinctive tracks. The tail is long, thin, and quite stiff, unlike a dog's. They are also supposed to be quite good at fighting if they are 'baled up' by dogs. That jaw could shear straight through bone. In one documented instance the Thylacine reared up onto its hind legs and bit the top of the head off a bull terrier type dog that had baled it up. They have a pouch, which points backwards, and they are very tough with their endurance, preferring to wear their prey out than run it down. Their habits are solitary unless with pups and they do not appear to be very social hunters (also unlike dogs).

They were not meant to be very fast, but some sources state that when they needed to cover ground quickly, or fight, they stood upright on their planar feet, using the tail for a balance in the manner of a kangaroo. There are reports of thylacines 'hopping about like kangaroos'. The thylacine museum (an online resource) has a film showing a thylacine standing up briefly. For those few seconds you can see that the thing is most definitely NOT a dog. Indeed, it is unlike anything that has ever walked this earth while we lived upon it.

Frogfish, I'll put the whole 2-page document up as soon as I work out how to add an attachment so that everyone can read it just by clicking on it. I know that you can do that on this forum, I just don't know how.

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